Projecting

Project (verb)   /prəˈjekt/

To transfer or attribute one’s own emotion or desire to another person, especially unconsciously.

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We do this every day. 

I am often taken aback at reactions to things I do, or say, or write. 

That wasn’t what I meant… 

But thinking from the other people’s perspectives (as best I can) it often makes sense—if I was someone else, knowing different things, I would see me very differently than I see myself.

We’re all different.

We think differently, see differently, experience differently.

I guess that is the important thing to remember. It makes it easier to be gracious when someone gets us wrong.